Project Grant H79SP014692

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs received a $302,735 block grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Elder Justice Act - Adult Protective Services (CFDA 93.698) program. This two-year grant, running from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026, will enable the agency to enhance and improve coordinated systems of adult protective services for older adults and adults with disabilities across Massachusetts. The funding...

Federal Grant Award Summary Boston Children's Hospital was awarded $225,000 by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau under the Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) program (CFDA 93.110) for the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program. The award period runs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030. This project grant is designed to integrate autism spectrum disorder (ASD) care into the patient-centered medical...

Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), operating under The General Hospital Corporation, received a $532,166 Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) effective May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2028. The project, titled "Reimagining 'Plans of Safe Care:' Promoting Recovery, Family Well-Being, and Engendering Trust Through Family Care Planning," develops...

The Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD) was awarded a $228,063 Formula Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Rehabilitation Services Client Assistance Program (CFDA 84.161). The grant will fund MOD's client assistance program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. As the designated protection and advocacy system for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, MOD will advise and inform individuals with disabilities and...

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs received a $750,710 Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living on August 1, 2022 to implement elder abuse prevention interventions through September 30, 2025. The funding supports the Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program (CFDA 93.747), which aims to develop, implement, and evaluate successful or promising practices and programs to prevent elder abuse, neglect, and...

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families received a $3.4 million Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The five-year award, issued on October 1, 2021 under the Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants program (CFDA #93.669), will support Massachusetts' child protective services system through September 30, 2026. As the stated purpose of the Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants program is to assist states in...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $120,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau under the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act Program (CFDA 93.877) for the Autism Secondary Data Analysis Program. The award, dated July 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2027, funds a secondary data analysis research study...

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) awarded a Project Grant of $777,538 to The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to conduct research on a robotic exoskeleton device intervention designed to improve behavioral responsiveness in patients with disorders of consciousness. The research project, titled "WALK DOC: Walking with Overground Robotic Exoskeleton Device to Increase Behavioral Responsiveness in Patients...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $337,017 Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) Project Grant to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The Continuum of Care Program funds community-based strategies to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and promoting self-sufficiency. Under this award, DMH will utilize the funds to provide a range of eligible activities,...

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. was awarded a $267,000 project grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development federal grant program to conduct pre-industrial studies of a first-generation dual-targeted, fine-tuned, immune-restoring chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy to achieve cures of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. The two-year award period runs from September 30, 2021 through September 30, 2023 and will support...